BASTROP, Texas -- Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100.
The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-82, said he died Monday night at his ranch in Bastrop, Texas.
Robinson was the last surviving player from the 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians. That championship was part of the first baseman's 13 big league seasons, during which he played for seven of the eight American League teams that were active during his career and was a four-time All-Star.